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container

[kuhn-tey-ner] / kənˈteɪ nər /


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Beyond the container huts, between 4,000 and 5,000 participants will be staying on an Italian cruise ship which docked in Nagoya on Tuesday.

From BBC Sep. 16, 2026

On Tuesday, truckers in the Strait of Hormuz port of Bandar Abbas, which handles the bulk of Iran’s container traffic, warned they could follow suit.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 11, 2026

He added that California law requires people carrying handguns into and out of the store to keep them in a locked container and for handguns and long guns to be unloaded.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 4, 2026

South Korea was set Saturday to send its first trial container through the Arctic, as the Middle East war rattles global shipping, while environmental groups warned the route could accelerate polar ice melt.

From Barron's Aug. 22, 2026

It is the placement of the nodes that determines which wavelengths "fit" into a musical instrument "container."

From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones

Athletes were also briefly evacuated from the containers as record rainfall lashed Nagoya last week and caused widespread flooding.

From BBC Sep. 16, 2026

Imports for this month are forecast at 2.31 million loaded containers, measured in 20-foot-equivalent units, up about 10% compared with 2025.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 10, 2026

In other words, Canadian whiskies in containers larger than 4 liters won’t get banned from the American market.

From MarketWatch Sep. 9, 2026

They headed to the backyard, where a dozen containers lay in the sun, one for each of the international archaeological missions that had been working in Sudan before the war’s start.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 8, 2026

Then, just before they leave, Heather hands me two little Tupperware containers of slime—one orange and one shiny silver.

From "Blended" by Sharon M. Draper




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